Making Malaysia proud
Malaysian actress Yeo Yann Yann wins Best Actress award for her role in the Singapore film Wet Season at Taiwan’s 56th Golden Horse Awards.
MALAYSIAN actress Yeo Yann Yann won the Best Actress award at last Saturday’s Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, for her role in Singaporean director Anthony Chen’s Wet Season .Init,sheplaysa teacher struggling with infertility and a loveless marriage.
Yeo, who had previously won the Best Supporting Actress award in 2013 for Ilo Ilo (also directed by Chen), beat another Malaysian actress to the gong – Lee Sinje, who had been nominated for her role in The Garden Of Evening Mists.
Co-produced by Malaysia’s Astro Shaw and HBO Asia, and based on Tan Twan Eng’s best-selling novel of the same name, The Garden Of Evening Mists had been nominated for nine awards, but only managed one win, in the Best Makeup And Costume Design category.
Another Malaysian co-produced film, Nina Wu, won for Best Sound Effects, while longtime Taiwanbased Malaysian-born director Tsai
Ming-liang won Best Documentary for Your Face.
The Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards is among the most prestigious film awards in the world of Chinese-language cinema. Established in 1962, the awards have given recognition to numerous excellent filmmakers working in Chinese-language cinema. The awards ceremony on Saturday saw Taiwanese films A Sun and Detention winning five awards each. Family drama Asun ,won the major awards, includnarrative ing Best Feature (the equivalent of the Oscar’s Best Picture), Best Director for Chung Monghong, Best Leading Actor for Chen Yi-wen, Best Supporting Actor for Liu Kuan-ting, and Best Film Editing. Video game adaptation Detention, which is the highestgrossing Taiwanese film of the year, won John Hsu the Best New
Director trophy, as well as Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction and Best Adapted Screenplay.